Lux, Poppy, Shyvana, Teemo and Shaco have all received texture updates. [ Note ]Â All champions with outdated textures have now received their updates.

Classic Lux

Sorceress Lux

Spellthief Lux

Commando Lux

Imperial Lux

Steel Legion Lux

Classic PoppyÂ

Lollipoppy

Ragdoll Poppy

Battle Regalia Poppy

Scarlet Hammer Poppy

[ Note ] Blacksmith Poppy and Noxus Poppy have also been updated, but I don’t have access to them on the PBE.

Classic Shyvana

Ironscale Shyvana

Boneclaw Shyvana

Darkflame Shyvana

Classic TeemoÂ

Also, Teemo’s psychedelics have received new models and textures.

Happy Elf Teemo

Recon Teemo

Astronaut Teemo

Cottontail Teemo

Super Teemo

Panda Teemo

Classic Shaco

Mad Hatter Shaco

Royal Shaco

Nutcracko

Asylum Shaco

Also,Â Ravager Nocturne no longer looks like a haunted pile of noodles:

Hey all!

As we continue to polish and update Summonerâ€™s Rift, we found a cool opportunity to make some improvements to Howling Abyss and ARAM. Without any further ado, letâ€™s break the ice and get things rolling â€“ here is the list of changes coming to the PBE today:

Gameplay Changes; My Mind is Telling Me No:

New Summoner Spell on ARAM: Mark/Dash

After analyzing the results of Legend of the Poro King, we realized that Poro Toss gave an across-the-board bump in viability to some historically unpopular picks and helped balance the playing field. After careful consideration and some tweaks weâ€™re bringing this back to ARAM as an optional new summoner spell called Mark/Dash.

Mark allows you toss a projectile at an enemy unit, you can then follow up on a Marked unit with Dash to quickly travel to the Marked target.

Go forth and tower dive, but remember, itâ€™s only worth it if you say so in chat.

Item Changes; Out With the New, In With the Old:

Bloodthirster added

With the recent rework of Bloodthirster, it made sense to re-introduce the SR favorite to ARAM to help out champions that rely on high AD to be more successful on the map. The passive doesnâ€™t hurt either – shields up!

Sanguine Blade removed

10 out of 10 ADCs agree that Bloodthirster is bigger, better and bloodier than Sanguine Blade. We can’t argue with that, so weâ€™ll be retiring it from ARAM.

Warmogs added

Ever shed a tear after purchasing Giantâ€™s Belt on ARAM only to remember you canâ€™t build Warmogs? Weâ€™re bringing the HP behemoth to ARAM to give tanks a little love and to help them survive poke long enough to initiate at the right time. Note that weâ€™ll be keeping a close eye on this one to make sure tanks donâ€™t become too overpowering.

Skin Boosts; Turning the Random Dial to 11:

After flicking some switches and fiddling with a couple of dials, we’ve successfully added Skin Boosts to our ARAM update! Throw down 95RP and you’ll give everyone on your team a one-time random skin for the champ they’re using that game. You’ll also earn yourself 200IP while giving your teammates 100IP.

Map & Art Changes; No More Nexus Gnomes:

Weâ€™ve skinned some of the art from Summonerâ€™s Rift to match the Howling Abyss theme and bring some consistency between the maps. We also took this opportunity to do some general art polish, make some performance improvements and fix an issue that caused champion spells to sometimes be clipped when drawing on the ground. Check out these screenshots for more details.

Reskinned Minions

New Loading Screen

Here’s the new summoner spell for ARAM (identical to the one from the Poro King featured mode):

Mark

Throw a snowball a long distance, dealing true damage to the first enemy unit hit. If it hits an enemy, this ability can be recast for 3 seconds to Dash to the tagged unit. Dashing to the target will reduce the cooldown of Mark by 25%.

Mark projectiles are not stopped by spell shields or projectile mitigation.

Dash [ Re-cast Mark ]

Dash to the unit hit by Mark. Casting Dash will reduce the cooldown of Mark by 25%.

Base Mana-per-5 decreasedÂ from 6 to 5

Mana-per-5 per level increased from 0.8 to 1

Armor-per-levelÂ decreased from 3.9 to 3.0

Basic Attack

Arcane Mastery Â [ Passive ]

Casting spells grants a stack of ArcaneÂ Mastery.Â At 5 stacks, Ryze becomes supercharged,Â gaining a Mana shield that blocks 25 [+ 5 per level + 8% of Maximum Mana] damage andÂ causing his spell casts to reduce the cooldownÂ of his other spells by the value of Overload [ Q ]’s cooldown.

Recipe cost increased from 630 Gold to 730 [ total cost up from 2300 Gold to 2400 ]

A new tooltip has been added in the client that shows you what rewards you’ll get for playing matches.

A new option has been added to the ‘Hotkeys’ section. Quick cast with Indicator allows you to hold down a button and, when you release it, the spell is fired.

To complement this feature, you can bind different hotkeys for using spells with a quicksast indicator and using them regularly (or with standard quickcast). You can do the same for your Summoner Spells.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me atÂ @NoL_ChefoÂ or e-mail me at nolchefo@gmail.com.

[ Reminder ] The PBE is a testing ground for changes. What you see heremay not reflect what you see in Patch Notes. Remember that developers want your feedback so if you disagree with a change, you can always submit your thoughts on the PBE Community Forums.

Bonus flat movement speedÂ on killing a unit or getting a champion assist decreased from 80 to 60Â (2 second duration)

[ Note ] Black Cleaver was reworked at the start of the Patch 5.8 PBE Cycle.

A new option has been added to the ‘Hotkeys’ section. Quick cast with Indicator allows you to hold down a button and, when you release it, the spell is fired.

To complement this feature, you can bind different hotkeys for using spells with a quicksast indicator and using them regularly (or with standard quickcast). You can do the same for your Summoner Spells.